It looks like "NetInfo Manager" is no longer a part of Leopard (10.5). What now serves as the database to store things like user home directories in Leopard (plain Leopard, not Leopard server). thanks, --dick peskin ____________________________________ Richard L. Peskin, RLP Consulting, Londonderry, VT http://www.rlpcon.com http://www.caip.rutgers.edu/~peskin